Waseda University, Tokyo
Waseda University is one of the most prestigious private universities in Japan, along with Keiō University. It is located in Shinjuku, a district of Tokyo. Around 55,000 students are enrolled there.The school was founded on 21 October 1882 by former samurai and later Japanese Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu as the Tōkyō Technical School; his statue stands on the Nishi-Waseda campus. It was declared a full-fledged university in 1902. Large parts of the entire campus were destroyed during the air raids on Tokyo in World War II; the university was rebuilt and reopened in 1949. The university is famous for its literature department, which counts Haruki Murakami, Ogawa Mimei, Machi Tawara and Naoki Yamamoto among its graduates. Some well-known politicians, e.g. Makiko Tanaka and former prime ministers Yoshiro Mori and Yasuo Fukuda, were also students at the university. (Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waseda-Universit%C3%A4t)
Waseda University Fact Sheet can be found HERE.
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Kyoto
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, also known as KUFS, is a foreign language university in Kyoto, Japan. The Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages is affiliated with this university. KUFS specialises in 9 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, Russian, and Japanese. There is also a Department of Global Affairs and a Faculty of Global Engagement, which includes global studies and global tourism. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_University_of_Foreign_Studies)
Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Fact Sheet can be found HERE.
Gakushuin University, Tokyo
Gakushūin University is a university in Toshima, Tokyo, established after World War II as part of the Gakushūin School Corporation.
The private university has antecedents in an Imperial Institute founded in 1884 during the Meiji period as part of the Gakushūin.
The Gakushūin was originally an educational institution for the Japanese nobility and was privatised in 1947. Even today, Gakushūin University is often considered elitist, as many students come from influential zaibatsu or former noble families, but mainly because of its traditional closeness to the imperial house.A department for women was established in 1950. This was spun off in 1953 as an independent women’s university, the Gakushūin Joshi Daigaku. (Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gakush%C5%ABin-Universit%C3%A4t)
Gakushuin University Fact Sheet can be found HERE.
